EFMP offers possible alternatives to PCS orders for enrolled families
June 25, 2009 — Marines with dependents in the Exceptional Family Member Program may be able to extend tours of duty for up to three years in lieu of permanent change of station orders due to an upcoming change in Corps policy.This change authorizes Marines with special-needs family members to request an extension when the care for the exceptional family member MORE
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ATV course gets down and dirty for Yuma Marines’ safety
June 25, 2009 — The station’s safety department held its first all-terrain vehicle safety course to instruct station Marines on ATV safety and improve their riding skills at Fortuna Wash in Yuma, June 17, 2009.The one-day course taught six Marines how to safely operate an ATV as well as how to minimize their impact on the environment while riding.Since August MORE
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Corps seeking Joint Strike Fighter instructor pilots
June 25, 2009 — The Marine Corps is looking for fixed-wing pilots to train to fly the F-35B Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter, according to a recently released Marine administrative message.MarAdmin 347/09, released June 9, 2009, solicits pilots to fill eight F-35B billets. One operational test and evaluation pilot, six instructor pilots and one Defense Contract MORE
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Yuma's VMA-211 first to fire missile from Harrier
June 25, 2009 — Yuma’s Marine Attack Squadron 211 became the first AV-8B Harrier unit to test-fire an air-to-air missile capable of engaging unseen enemies June 8, 2009, over an ocean test range about 200 miles off Okinawa, Japan.The AIM-120 advanced medium-range air-to-air missile extends the reach of a Harrier’s punch, due to the weapon’s range.“The AMRAAM makes MORE
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Air Lift: Yuma's C-12 crews in it for long, short haul
June 25, 2009 — Often unnoticed in the sea of tactical jets and helicopters passing through the air station’s turnstile, one humble workhorse and its crew are constantly called skyward.Providing nontactical transportation support for a variety of military passengers, the station’s two UC-12B twin turboprop planes fly hundreds of missions annually.“We’re like an MORE
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Yuma authorities nab criminal masquerading as Marine
June 18, 2009 — Local civilian law enforcement arrested John W. Rodriguez June 10, 2009, at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport after returning from Sacramento, Calif., where he fled to avoid the 13 felony charges he currently faces, including fraudulently impersonating a Marine.Yuma Detective, Rick Vankeuren with the Arizona Department of Public Safety apprehended MORE
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FY-10 re-enlistment guidance released
June 18, 2009 — First-term Marines eligible to re-enlist in fiscal year 2010 will likely face tougher odds now that the Corps has grown to its 202,000 target two years early.The Marine Corps recently released its FY-2010 enlisted retention guidelines, which highlight jobs where the competition for limited boatspaces has prompted a call of re-enlistment requests MORE
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No more carding officers, SNCOs at PXs
June 18, 2009 — Officers and staff noncommissioned officers in uniform no longer have to show their identification cards when purchasing alcohol, tobacco or cashing checks on station, the Corps announced last month.Considering the time required to earn a commission or a rocker, carding senior Marines was unnecessary, according to Marine Administrative Message MORE
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Web-based barracks management coming to Yuma, Corps
June 11, 2009 — The air station recently received the template for a new Web-based tracking system to keep accountability and organization of personnel and issued furniture for all the bachelor quarters here.The Bachelor Quarters Resident Tracking System is part of a Department of the Navy move to standardize and digitize barracks management throughout the Navy MORE
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Housing referral network moves in to Yuma
June 11, 2009 — A Web-based housing network designed for military personnel to search for housing at their next duty station was made available to station service members June 3, 2009.Yuma joined the scores of other military towns already in the Automated Housing Referral Network, launched in June 2004 by the Department of Defense to help troops find housing MORE
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